Definition of spurious

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Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..

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Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Irreptitious :: Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..
Right :: Right (a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
Interpolator :: Interpolator (n.) One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings..
Adulterine :: Adulterine (a.) Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist..
Pseudo- :: Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.
Truthless :: Truthless (a.) Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious..
Bastardly :: Bastardly (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..
Interpolated :: Interpolated (a.) Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter..
Lussheburgh :: Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called..
Foist :: Foist (v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in..
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